Pencil attachment.



No. 700,803. Patented May 27, I902.

A. I. OBLANSKY.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\ ABRAHAM ISSAO ORLANSKY, OF BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,803, dated May 27, 1902.

Application filed August 6. 1901. Serial NOI7LO4B- (N0 d l- To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM IssAo OR- LANSKY, a citizen of the United States, and a cylinder A and parallel to each other. rods are secured on either end in the flanges resident of Beaufort, county of Beaufort, and

State of South Carolina, have invented cer-.

tain new and useful Improvements in Pencil Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to pencil attachments, and has for its object to unite in one device the elements hereinafter specified and claimed.

The nature of the invention will be fully understood from the following general description and the annexed drawings and will be subsequently pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a View ofmy newly-invented device, partly in vertical axial section and partly in elevation. Fig. 2 is a View of the inner tube and book, more fully hereinafter described. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line a; y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail view, more fully hereinafter described. modification. 7

A designates ahollow cylinder, which may be of any convenient size and of any adaptable material. Each 'end of this cylinder is formed with a flange A, and its side is cleft with a longitudinal slot H. Within this hol low cylinder A is placed the tube 13, comprising the parts I), b, and b In this tube Bis a sliding bar 0, formed at'its lower end with a hook c. A helical spring G actuates this bar. This spring G is attached by one end to the bar 0 and by the other to the interior diaphragm g of the tube B. On the upper end of the bar 0 there is ,an index-point c, which moves in the slot at and over the scale a. The flange b of the tube 13 is adapted to rest upon the flange A of the cylinder A, and the end I) is adapted to form a socket for holding and protecting the point end of the pencil P.

D designates a book, which may be composed of any adaptable material, as hereinafter more fully described, which may be fas- Fig. 5 isatened to the tube B in any approved way, as with the rod is, as illustrated.

K designates bars or rods parallel to the These A. These rods may be of any desired numher; but in the example of my invention here given I have illustrated ten. On each of'these rods are placed ten balls or beads in such a way that they will slip freely on the rods, each group of beads or balls on each rod being of a different color from all the other groups.

E designates a magnifying-glass, which is hinged to the flange A'at e and, being closed up against the bottom ofthecylinder-A, is

.detachably held in position by the clasp e,

which may be of any approved construction.

To use my invention as a book and reckoning device, the various parts are assembled, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, with the tube B and its accompaning mechanism in the cylinder A, the book D attached to the part b of the tube B by the rod 70' passing outwardly through the slot H and extending beyond the outer surface of the cylinder A. Then the book may be used to be read or to enter accounts or memorandums. To do this writing, the pencil P may be taken out of the socket b. The balls or heads 0 on the rods k may at the same time be used for calculating arithmetical problems, as in a common abacus. I prefer, however, to use these balls or beads as a decimal system for counting money. Thus let the green group represent cents, the blue group represent dimes, thepurple group represent dollars, and so on through the whole of the difierent-colored groups. Then by reckoning these values for each of the different balls'or beads in the different groups the operator has a money-abacus on which he can readily andv quickly perform his calculations, as is commonly done on such a device. The book maybe composed of a plurality of thin blank sheets for memorandu ms, or itmay be printed with a lexicon or with texts from the bible or any other matter that may be desired; but this matter may be printed in too small letters to be easily read with the naked eye; To obviate this difficulty, I have provided the magnifying-glass E, which, being released from the clasp e and turned on the hinge 6, may be used to read the fine print. When the book is not being used, it may be Wound up on the tube B in the cylinder A to make the device more portable.

To use my invention as a spring-balance, the tube B is taken out of the cylinder A and thebook unwound off of the part 19 as illustrated in Fig. 2, so as not to be in the way of the index 0 or to cover the scale a. Then the operator grasping the socket b with one hand can hang whatever he desires to weigh on the book 0 with the other hand; otherwise this part of the device is used as a common spring-balance. WVhen the operator is done weighing,he rolls the book on the tube 13 and returns tube, book, and all into the cylinder into the position heretofore described. It is contemplated to make this device as small as may be useful, so that it, with its pencil, can be readily carried in the pocket.

In the modification illustrated by Fig. 4 the tube, as b carrying the pencil and Weighing-scale, is in telescopic engagement with the tube B; otherwise the construction is the same as above described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a pencil attachment, the combination with the hollow cylinder A, formed with flanges A, and longitudinal slot H; of the tube B, formed with the socket b, and flange b; and having part 17 the book D, and the rod is, securing said book to the part 12 of the said tube B; and said book and said tube adapted and arranged, to be placed in said hollow cylinder, with the flange b, resting on one of the flanges A, so that said book can be rolled in and unrolled out of said cylinder, through said slot H; substantially as shown and specified. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of June, 1901:

ABRAHAM ISSAC ORLANSKY.

Witnesses:

J. H. ROZANSKY, R. F. GREAVES. 

